Die for forming sectional horseshoes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. HAGUE, OF NAPOLEON, OHIO.

DIE FOR FORMING SECTIONAL HORSESHQES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 364,244, dated June 7, 1887. l

Application iiled January 7, 1887. Serial No. 223,686. (No model.)

To all wbonv it 72mg/ concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES B. BAGUE, a citizen of the United States, residing lat Napoleon, in the county of Henry, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in,

dies; and it consists in so making the parts of the die as to form' a horseshoe in two parts and a coupling to join them, and to provide for the overflow of the metal.

In the drawings, Figure V1 is a View of the meeting faces of the die for forming one half of the shoe, and Fig. 2 is a view of the meeting faces of the die for forming the other half of the shoe and the coupling-piece. Fig. 3 is a view of the separate parts of the shoe.

The anvil-die A. is provided upon the meeting face with the slot B. The said slot is provided at the one extremity with the inwardlyrounded end O. At the other extremity is an elongated and deepened slot, D, which forms the heel-call; of the shoe. Extending from the bottom of the said slot B, and near the outer edge, is a ridge, E, which is provided with pointed projections at regular intervals, to form,in conjunction with the hammer-die, the nail-holes of the shoe. At the extremity of the said slot having the impression tor the heelcalk, and in the face ot' the die, is a small channel, F, leading from the said slot to outside thev dies. The face of the die next to the inner edge of the said slot is beveled down, substantially as shown, to near .the bottom of the said slot.

The hammer-die A is provided, at a point over the center of the slotB in the anvil-die and near the curved end, with the round proj ecton G, which, when the faces of the die Colne togethcr,rests upon the bottomof the said slot and forms a hole in the shoe for thcrivet of the coupling. Upon the face of the said die, and over the projections upon the ridge E, are the small projections E, which rest upon the corresponding projectionsin the anvildie and form the nail-holes of the said shoe.

Directly over the impression D in the anvildic is the impression D, which forms the guard on the shoe to prevent the shifting of the Same.

shoe.

Upon the said die is a ridge-like projection, K, being directly over the bevel on the anvildie. The inner face of this ridge is beveled to correspond to the said bevel on the anvildie, and the outer face is beveled away to near the projections E.

The die as shown in Fig. 2 is in all respects the same, with the exception4 of the curve of the slot B and the rounded end, which is rounded outwardly instead of inwardly. The said endsha've the same size curve, so that they will work together as a hinge. In the anvil-die ofthe pair shown in Fig. 2 is animpression, H, of the coupling-piece for the shoe. To either side of the center of the said impression are two projections, I, similar in size to the projections G, and for the purpose of forming perforations in the saidcou'pling-piece similar to those in the ends of the halves of the Leading from the said impression. to the outside of the die is a small channel, J. Upon the hammer-'die and over the projections I are two small projections corresponding in size to the said projections, and resting upon them when the hammer is down.

In operating these dies the metal is roughly prepared to correspond to the curve of the slots B and the impression H, and placed in their respective impressions while hot. The hammers bearing the dies A.' are brought down upon the metal while in this heated condition. The metal, being soft, is driven down into the impressions and forced to take the shape of the same. The ridge E forcesits way into the metal and leaves an impression in the same to receive the heads of the nails; and the projections upon the same, in conjunction with the projections E upon the hammer-die, form the holes in the metal for the nails to pass through. The projections G operate as punches, and forno in the metal the holes for the rivets used in coupling the two halves of the shoe. When the dies come thus together, the ridge K forces down upon the metal, and the outer bevel'of the same forces the metal to the center. This displacement, together with that of the ridges E and projections G, forces the metal into the impressions D and D.

The operation regarding the coupling-piece is the same as that just described, the hammerdie forcing the metal down into the impres-w IOO sion Hand the projections I, forming the rivet- A', provided With the projection K, said pro. holes used in coupling. If in this operation jection having an inclined surface correspondthere is too much met-al in the dies, it will run ing to the said inclined surface in 'the slot B5 off at the small channels F and J and form a substantially as and for the purpose set forth. i 5

5 liandle,whereby the shoe een be extractedY from In testimony whereof I affix my si gnature in the said dies. presence of two witnesses.

What I claim is@ l JAMES B. HAGUE.

In dies for horseshoes, such its described, the combination of the anvil-die A, provided Witnesses: 1o with the slot B, said slotJ having un inclined MICHAEL DONNELLY, surface at its inner edge, and the hainmerldie SAMUEL REDMAYN. 

